12 Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing executed a large formation launch and training event, designated “Swamp Dash”, with 913 Airlift Group mission partners April 15, which included 13 C-130J Super Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base and two C-130Js from the 317th Airlift Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas.
The training objectives included joining up with Dyess at Chennault International Airport, Louisiana and providing pre-deployment training to the U.S. Army’s 46th Engineer Battalion and 519th Military Police Battalion.
“We were able to leverage our joint relationships and source real cargo from the Army,” said Capt. Kyle Hormann, 34th Combat Training Squadron air mobility liaison officer. “We also assisted the Army units with load plans training and instructed them on how to complete the appropriate paperwork to get their cargo moved safely.”
12 Record-breaking snow and ice storms swept across Arkansas, Feb. 14-20, dropping a grand total of 20.3 inches of snow and surpassing January 1918 as the snowiest month in Little Rock history.
The historic storms left roads un-drivable and, out of an abundance of caution, inevitably led to Little Rock Air Force Base moving into a mission-essential personnel only status due to unsafe conditions across central Arkansas.
With unprecedented amounts of snow and ice creating potential problems with maintaining airlift operations, Airmen from the 19th Operations Group, 19th Maintenance Group, and 19th Mission Support Group worked tirelessly before, during, and after the storm to plan, maintain, and restore essential operations safeguarding Team Little Rock’s airlift capabilities and infrastructure.
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